On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 17:26, John Simpson wrote: > it seems to me that the newer versions of vpopmail should automatically add > this extra : to the end of lines which are missing it, if there was a file > format change from one version to another. > either that, or provide a conversion program with the newer versions that > will fix vpasswd files created by older versions. if nothing else, a quick > perl script can do this. i may write one, if somebody can send me a sample > of what the "old format" vpasswd file looks like (all of my boxes are > running 5.2.1 right now.)
the old version was something like <username>:<password>:<uid>:<gid>:<full name>:<maildir>:<quota> while the new version could be either: <username>:<password>:<uid>:<gid>:<full name>:<maildir>:<quota>: or: <username>:<password>:<uid>:<gid>:<full name>:<maildir>:<quota>:<cleartext password> So it should be enough to check that every line has at least 7 fields, and 7 colons. It might have 8 fields (cleartext password) but it does not require another colon after the <cleartex password> field. redegards, -- :Lorenzo Grespan System Administrator, GRECAV S.p.A. http://www.grecav.it [EMAIL PROTECTED] +39-0376-589252
